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CardsandBourbon

CardsandBourbon

Just had my first pour of KC Rye this past weekend which I really enjoyed, plus my wife is starting to develop an affinity for high rye bourbon and rye whiskey so if it isn't too expensive I'll grab a bottle. Even if it's a little on the expensive side I can always say, "But I bought it for you honey since I know you love the rye's."

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Paddy

Paddy

Just had my first pour of KC Rye this past weekend which I really enjoyed, plus my wife is starting to develop an affinity for high rye bourbon and rye whiskey so if it isn't too expensive I'll grab a bottle. Even if it's a little on the expensive side I can always say, "But I bought it for you honey since I know you love the rye's."

My Kroger currently has it on sale for $27.99. Stock up!

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GaryT

GaryT

I wonder why this isn't labeled as "straight"? I mean - Knob is a premium brand for them, so seems like they wouldn't want to be mixing NGS in - unless they think at cask strength that won't be noticed (and lets them price it lower)?

Or is this likely overthinking, and simply from a label real estate they dropped the "straight"?

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BottledInBond

BottledInBond

I wonder why this isn't labeled as "straight"? I mean - Knob is a premium brand for them, so seems like they wouldn't want to be mixing NGS in - unless they think at cask strength that won't be noticed (and lets them price it lower)?

Or is this likely overthinking, and simply from a label real estate they dropped the "straight"?

I have no specific knowledge on why they don’t have “straight” on that label they submitted but I do know that over the years they have used different labels for KCR, and some have said straight on the front, while others have not. Do I think they were blending GNS into the batches with labels that didn’t say straight? Nope. I also don’t know off the top of my head if those previous labels that didn’t say straight on the front might have said straight on the back somewhere, would require more research

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Kpiz

Kpiz

I wonder why this isn't labeled as "straight"? I mean - Knob is a premium brand for them, so seems like they wouldn't want to be mixing NGS in - unless they think at cask strength that won't be noticed (and lets them price it lower)?

Or is this likely overthinking, and simply from a label real estate they dropped the "straight"?

I think if they were adding GNS it would need to be labeled as a blended rye whiskey. Labeling it simply as a rye whiskey gives them latitude to add 2.5% coloring/flavoring. Not that that’s any better than NGS. This is the ‘loophole’ Templeton was exploiting to add flavoring to their rye (it was labeled as rye whiskey, not straight rye whiskey).

My speculation is the same as yours, that it’s a marketing thing. A while back there was some discussion on here about producers not using the “straight” designation despite being entitled to do so. I seem to recall some folks thinking that it was purely visual/marketing - not many consumers know what “straight” means anyways so to them it is just clutter.

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meadeweber

meadeweber

I think if they were adding GNS it would need to be labeled as a blended rye whiskey. Labeling it simply as a rye whiskey gives them latitude to add 2.5% coloring/flavoring. Not that that’s any better than NGS. This is the ‘loophole’ Templeton was exploiting to add flavoring to their rye (it was labeled as rye whiskey, not straight rye whiskey).

My speculation is the same as yours, that it’s a marketing thing. A while back there was some discussion on here about producers not using the “straight” designation despite being entitled to do so. I seem to recall some folks thinking that it was purely visual/marketing - not many consumers know what “straight” means anyways so to them it is just clutter.

Templeton maybe. Beam no. I would be very, very surprised to find out that Beam added coloring or flavoring to their Knob Creek rye.

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Littlericky

Littlericky

Just had my first pour of KC Rye this past weekend which I really enjoyed, plus my wife is starting to develop an affinity for high rye bourbon and rye whiskey so if it isn't too expensive I'll grab a bottle. Even if it's a little on the expensive side I can always say, "But I bought it for you honey since I know you love the rye's."